Question / Help Nvenc vs Nvcuvid

[coldstatic]

My understanding is that Nvenc only works on NVIDIA Quadro K4000 and above, NVIDIA Quadro K2000M and above, NVIDIA Tesla K10 and above, NVIDIA GRID. I realize that the nvcuvid is included in the nvenc libraries but it is also available separately. As this software is geared more towards gamers wouldn't it be better to just use nvcuvid? Or is that what is already going on but your just using the nvenc name for convenience?

 

[dodgepong]

NVENC is also available on Kepler-based GPUs, which largely encompasses the GTX 600-series and above (some of the lower end models of the 600 series don't have it). So it really is using NVENC. As I understand it, NVCUVID is a decoder, not an encoder, so that wouldn't help much for encoding video.

 

[coldstatic]

Yea i see that nvcuvid is only a decoder......i was up really late and my brain was messing with me.

None the less according to Nvidia the gforce series is not supported.

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topi ... -key-type/
"njuffa
The website https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-video-codec-sdk lists the GPUs that are supported by NVENC; GeForce is not one of them.
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Posted 11/27/2013 09:54 PM"

Also on there developer page gforce is not listed. https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-video-codec-sdk

"SUPPORTED NVIDIA GPUS FOR NVENC SDK

NVIDIA Quadro K4000 and above – Desktop Workstation
NVIDIA Quadro K2000M and above – Mobile Workstation
NVIDIA Tesla K10 and above – High Performance Computing
NVIDIA GRID – Virtual Desktops & Applications"

I realize that shadow play is using it but i saw many other posts on the nvidia dev forum about people not getting it to work.

Mind you this is all just for curiosity. There is a guy in my PS2 outfit that will not leave xsplit and i am trying to sell him on obs.

 

[R1CH]

License-free NVENC support for GeForce was only very recently added.